| # | School (1st votes) | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (25) | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | St. John's | 567 | 2 |
| 3 | Baldwin-Wallace | 562 | 3 |
| 4 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 526 | 4 |
| 5 | Rowan | 501 | 5 |
| 6 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 483 | 6 |
| 7 | Linfield | 479 | 7 |
| 8 | Trinity (Texas) | 458 | 9 |
| 9 | UW-La Crosse | 445 | 8 |
| 10 | UW-Stout | 397 | 12 |
| 11 | Bridgewater (Va.) | 380 | 10 |
| 12 | UW-Stevens Point | 313 | 14 |
| 13 | Ithaca | 303 | 13 |
| 14 | Wartburg | 302 | 11 |
| 15 | Hanover | 220 | 17 |
| 16 | Hampden-Sydney | 217 | 18 |
| 17 | Lycoming | 211 | 19 |
| 18 | Washington and Jefferson | 143 | 20 |
| 19 | Wittenberg | 142 | 21 |
| 20 | Hardin-Simmons | 131 | 15 |
| 21 | Central | 106 | 23 |
| 22 | John Carroll | 98 | 22 |
| 23 | Brockport State | 94 | 25 |
| 24 | Wooster | 76 | 24 |
| 25 | Kings Point | 66 | -- |
Others receiving votes: Concordia-Moorhead 58, Capital 20, Springfield 20, Augustana 18, Bethel 18, Salisbury 18, Johns Hopkins 17, Wabash 16, Olivet 15, Ohio Northern 14, Howard Payne 14, Case Western 11, Coe 9, St. Norbert 6, Willamette 6, Waynesburg 5, UW-Eau Claire 4, Millikin 3, East Texas Baptist 2, Mass-Dartmouth 2, Pacific Lutheran 2, Christopher Newport 1, Williams 1.
The D3football.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly.